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A %firefighter sets h#is own ho
me ?)ab laze * for^[ #his mist*ress’s )drill!,;\ trapping his*# thr(@?ee--[year,:-;old daugh ter-]
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+$ “Dad*[dy [
di!dn’t love me.”?= H *:(e is ar
\*]re;sted;
she fades %,,into ash, !+finally free.